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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Takamura Mamoru (ranked 4260 p4p, 178 weight class) and Rosinante Costacurta (ranked 2290 p4p, 80 weight class). Mamoru's entrance music is The Great Takamura. A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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215 lbs
27 - 24 - 1 |
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176 cm
31
167 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Takamura Mamoru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rosinante Costacurta!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costacurta takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mamoru feints a jab promting Costacurta to slip. Mamoru then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Costacurta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Costacurta tries to score with a low kick but Mamoru moves his leg out of the way.
Mamoru was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mamoru lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mamoru looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta scores with a hook to the body. Mamoru takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mamoru lands a jab.
Costacurta tries to work over Mamoru's front leg with a kick but Mamoru checks it.
It looked like Mamoru wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mamoru throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta moves out of range as Mamoru throws a body kick.
Mamoru rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costacurta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costacurta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mamoru connects with an inside leg kick.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mamoru.
Mamoru gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mamoru takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mamoru tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mamoru lands a jab-cross combination.
Costacurta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mamoru checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Costacurta checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mamoru.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta throws the left hand but Mamoru avoids the punch easily.
Costacurta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Costacurta checks a leg kick nicely.
Costacurta has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mamoru finds it's way round the side to connect with Costacurta's head.
Mamoru throws a right hand that Costacurta ducks under and follows up with a left that Costacurta also avoids with ease.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Mamoru ducks down to avoid it.
Mamoru misses with a low kick.
Costacurta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Costacurta.
Mamoru throws a sloppy head kick and Costacurta moves out of range easily.
Costacurta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mamoru misses with the combination.
Mamoru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mamoru throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Costacurta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Costacurta misses.
Mamoru is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta motions for Mamoru to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mamoru fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mamoru is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Costacurta gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mamoru pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice side step and Costacurta releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costacurta scores with a decent looking hook.
Costacurta moves away from the strike by Mamoru.
Costacurta tries to land a leg kick but Mamoru saw it coming and moves away.
Mamoru chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A left and a right from Mamoru both land. Nice combination.
Mamoru slips a jab from Costacurta.
Mamoru looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Costacurta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mamoru.
Mamoru scores with a nice body kick.
Costacurta stuns Mamoru with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mamoru swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mamoru. That did some damage!
Takamura Mamoru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mamoru connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costacurta's hands.
A jab from Costacurta finds it's way through Mamoru's defenses.
Costacurta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mamoru throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamoru slips under a jab.
Mamoru uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Costacurta has time to react.
Costacurta takes one to the chin there.
Costacurta swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looks like Mamoru has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Mamoru staying out of range there.
Mamoru is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mamoru moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta throws a solid leg kick but Mamoru takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Costacurta.
Costacurta walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mamoru is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Costacurta takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mamoru will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Costacurta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mamoru looks to land a combination but Costacurta avoids it well.
Mamoru blocks a low kick nicely.
Costacurta misses with a looping right.
Mamoru throwing a counter right hand but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mamoru lunges at Costacurta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Costacurta's hand.
Mamoru displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costacurta throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Mamoru on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamoru ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Mamoru was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Mamoru's shoulder, as Mamoru tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Mamoru misses.
Costacurta lands with a kick to the ribs.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of Mamoru's head but Mamoru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costacurta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mamoru checks it well.
Mamoru misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
Mamoru pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Costacurta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mamoru.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Mamoru.
Mamoru connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mamoru throws a leg kick that is checked
and Costacurta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mamoru scores with a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Costacurta has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mamoru scores with a nice strike.
Mamoru misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takamura Mamoru dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mamoru looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Mamoru scores with a head kick.
Mamoru is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costacurta can do to turn this around?
Good work by Mamoru as he checks the leg kick.
Mamoru throws a poor cross that misses
and Costacurta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mamoru thinking.
Mamoru misses the jab.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Mamoru saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Mamoru there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Costacurta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mamoru manages to avoid it.
Costacurta lands a jab to Mamoru's midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Costacurta swings for the body but Mamoru moves out of range.
Costacurta connects with an inside leg kick.
Mamoru throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.
Takamura Mamoru is winning the standup battle so far.
Mamoru is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
Mamoru takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mamoru throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamoru tries to score with a low kick but Costacurta moves his leg out of the way.
Costacurta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Costacurta blocks a head kick by Mamoru.
Costacurta only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mamoru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. Mamoru moves away and avoids it.
Mamoru takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mamoru shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Costacurta takes one on the button.
Costacurta ducks right into an uppercut from Mamoru.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mamoru.
Costacurta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Decent striking displayed by Costacurta there.
Mamoru is rocked!
Mamoru lands a jab to the nose.
Oh Mamoru is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mamoru throws a head kick that misses.
Mamoru misses with a low kick.
Costacurta swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mamoru lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Costacurta backs up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Costacurta closes the distance and catches Mamoru with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Mamoru is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Mamoru is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Mamoru is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Costacurta takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rosinante Costacurta!
A victorious Rosinante Costacurta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Takamura Mamoru spoke after the fight, saying 'you win or you learn.'.
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